Pipe layout gauge



p 13, 1955 R. o. SEKKI 2,717,454

PIPE LAYOUT GAUGE Filed Sept. 15, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. RUDOLPH O. Sena 77257710240; )flmmoz wan/rzzmz ATTORNEYS Sept. 13, 1955 R. o. SEKKI PIPE LAYOUT GAUGE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 15. 1955 77Z77fm0a4j5mmi w 19 ATTORNEYS United States Patent PIPE LAYOUT GAUGE Rudolph 0. Sekki, Fairport Harbor, Ohio Application September 15, 1953, Serial No. 380,221 1 Claim. 01. 33- 174 This invention relates to pipe layout gauges, and more particularly to an improved portable gauge which may be mounted on a pipe to provide guide means for scribing a cutting line on the pipe at a predetermined angle to the longitudinal center line of the pipe.

The main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved portable gauge assembly which is simple in construction, which is easy to set up for use on a pipe, and which can be conveniently carried in a mechanics tool box.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved pipe layout gauge device which is inexpensive to manufacture, which is rugged in construction, and which can be conveniently set up for use on a pipe without the necessity of disconnecting or removing the pipe, said gauge device being arranged so that it can be set for various angles to provide a reliable guide means for scribing a line around the pipe so that the .pipe can be cut obliquely at a desired angle to its longitudinal center line.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claim, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a side elevational view of a fragmentary portion of a pipe on which is mounted an improved pipe layout gauge device constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical cross sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross sectional detail view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the main support member employed in the gauge device of Figures 1 to 4, said main support member being provided with a filler member nestingly engaged therein for use on a pipe of lesser diameter than the pipe illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 6 is a transverse vertical cross sectional view taken through the elements shown in Figure 5 and taken through a pipe supporting said elements.

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing the gauge device as employed on a smaller pipe, as in Figure 6, the components of the gauge device being shown in separated positions.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Figures 1 to 4, 11 designates a pipe which is to be scribed for the purpose of making an oblique cut thereon. Designated generally at 12 is a gauge device according to the present invention, said gauge device comprising a generally channel-shaped support member 13 having a con- :ave bottom surface and adapted to be mounted on a pipe 11 in the manner illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the channel-shaped support netmber 13 comprises a flat top wall 14, respective downwardly inclined side wall elements 15, 15, respective outwardly and downwardly inclined lower side wall elements 16, 16 bent outwardly from the lower portions of the p 2,717,454 Patented Sept.13, 19 55 upper side wall elements 15, 15, and respective forwardly extending, parallel, vertical arm portions 17, 17, the arm portions 17, 17 projecting forwardly a substantial distance from the forward edges of the wall elements 14, and 16.

As shown in Figure 2, the channel-shaped support member 13 is adapted to engage on the cylindrical surface of a pipe 11 substantially at the bends between the respective side wall elements 15 and 16.

Designated generally at 18 is a flat elliptical ring member adapted to surround the pipe 11 and being pivotally connected to the arms 17, 17 for angular adjustment ice around a transverse axis extending between said arms.

The elliptical ring member 18 comprises an upper flat U- shaped segment 19 and a lower flat U-shaped segment 20, the lower segment 20 being formed at ,its ends with the stepped lugs 21, 21 having the offset end portions 22, 22. I

The segment 19 is formed at its ends with the recesses 23, 23 adapted to receive the stepped'lugs 21, 21, said recesses being slotted at 24, 24 to receive the offset lugs 22, 22, whereby the segment 20 may be lockingly engaged with the segment 19 and whereby the segment 20 will be supported in a coplanar relationship with respect to the segment 19 when the segment 20 is interlocked with the segment 19.

The end portions of the segment 19 are formed with respective plate elements 25 and 26, the plate element 26 being generally circular in shape and being formed with a central aperture 27 and the plate element 25 being relatively large as compared with the plate element 26 and being formed with an arcuate slot 28 concentric with an aperture 29 transversely aligned with the aperture 27. As shown in Figure 2, the plate elements 26 and 25 extend parallel to each other andnormal to the plane of the segment 19. 7'

The segment 19 is pivotally connected to the ends of the arms 17, 17 at apertures 30 and 31 which are registered with the apertures 29 and 27 and through which are engaged suitable pivot pins. For example, pivot pins 32 may be secured in the apertures 30, said pivot pins extending inwardly and being pivotally received in the respective apertures 29 and 27, whereby the segment 19 is rotatably connected to the end portions of the arms 17, 17. The arcuate plate member 25 is provided with a protractor scale 33 at its edge portion, as shown in Figure 1, whereby the angular position of the ring segment 19 may be noted by observing the location of the top edge of the adjacent arm 17 relative to the protractor scale 31. Extending through an aperture 34 and the arcuate slot 28 is a bolt 35 provided with a wing nut 36 for clamping the ring segment 19 in an angularly adjusted position relative to the support member 13. Thus, with the ring segment 20 lockingly engaged with the ring segment 19 around a pipe 11, the pipe-surrounding elliptical ring 18 may be adjusted toa desired angular position and clamped in said position, whereby the pipe 11 may be scribed for a desired oblique cut.

After the pipe has been scribed, the device may be readily removed by first disengaging the lower ring segment 20 from the upper ring segment 19, allowing the device to be removed from the pipe. Conversely, when the gauge device is to be used, the upper portion thereof is first placed on the pipe, said upper portion including the upper ring segment 19, whereupon the lower ring segment 20 may be lockingly engaged with the lower portions of the arms of the upper ring segment 19 in the manner above described.

When the device is to be employed for marking a smaller pipe, such as the pipe 11 in Figure 6, a generally channel-shaped filler member 40 is employed, said filler member having the top wall 41, the respective downwardly flaring longitudinal side walls 42, 42, and the upwardly bent flanges 43, 4'3 at the lower edges of the side walls tudinall'y extending lug elements 44, 44 at the oppgsite sides of *saiarepwairaiia'fiitii'tiilidiflan e 45 located between and forwardly adjacent the forward ends of the lugs 44 4 wher y,t re ss" 5 ;w 4 sa ds h h ok. .2

13. Thu's,'- the filler member against the side' eageebrihidgitfqs an with the hook flange 45 e'ngag ingj'the forward edgeportionof the slot, the ends of the'flanges 43, 43 being disposed againstjthe and suppoftfth'ej r'nain lpoc l ylliy positionv wherein the pivot pins 32 arealigned with a diameten ofthe pipe 11, as is'iclearlyshown inEigure 55, Thus, ;the elliptical mating in a pair of depending, arnrsprgtepfingfo gwardly While a specific embodiment of an improved pipe layout gauge has been disclosed in the foregoing description,

the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations N p I be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope flange 45 be e fee thwi eh. lan tu na slot .4 .3 V i formed jin the ltop of the main support member V is reeived withinthej main supporbmerinber 3 withthe lpgs 44,44 engaged of the appended claim.

,. What is claimed is:

' A pipe layout gauge comprising a support member having a slotted top wall and downwardly inclined side walls for engaging a pipe t o be-I n a'rkedf said sides termi- I parallel to each other 'from'tlidopposite sides of said ring 18jis' support'e'd fo r rotation aroi nd a diameter of the pipe, whereby "a desired cut may be'scribed on the pipe by following the procedure above described.

The i e i w d g ge e euned at their b h portions with respective alr cuate slotsSOand Slto, en-

able the user to'f'vi'ewthi'ough the slots. l'he} bightporaligned vertical slots 52f5 2 arrarige d above andbelow the arcuate slot to enable thesuser 'to sightthrough i the slot 50' and 'the' slots 5 2, 52 along a longitudinal referv formed with slots SS an d; 5 to provide finger grips for holding said'support member, as well as to lighten the device and to provide n eansfor hangingthe deviceon a nail, hook or similar support.

support substantially coplanar. with the longitudinal center line of the pipe member, apipe= urropndin g member piviotally mounted between arms and"arian'ged to define a scribing guide, a protractor scale on said pipesurrounding member adjacent one of said arms, means for locking said pipe-surrounding member in an angularly ad it willbeunderstood,thatwarious .modificationsewithinjusted position relative .to, said arms,'said pipe-surrounding member comprising a pair of fiat-U-shaped-ring segments 3 and interlocking meansat the endsofi said segments ar; 1

ranged to detachably. secure: saidr segments. together to define a generally elliptical flat ring, saidiprot ractor scale being secured on a leg .of one offlsaid 'ring segments and, a. generally channel-shaped :filler membei situated be-- tween said side Walls and lockinglygengagd in the'slot- (on said topwalh; l L i i References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Sept. 23, 1952 

